St. Louis, MO (KMOX) – The day after Thanksgiving is often one of the busiest days of the year for plumbers. That’s partly because people put more things down the sink and garbage disposal than they should.
John Schupp, Plumbing Field Manager with Hoffman Brothers tells KMOX that in many cases people’s pipes are already starting to have problems. “With a lot of older plumbing and new plumbing, sometimes you have these underlying issues and these partial blockages in the lines and then you have these parties and it’s enough to clog it up all the way.”
Some of the big culprits, grease, potato peels, celery, and broccoli…